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hubcapsc
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« on: May 10, 2012, 04:29:17 AM »

I read all the labels at Lowes and decided they didn't have oxalic acid, so I went over
to ACE and found this...





Here's some of the rusty stuff I replaced when I got my eBay Valk...





Here's the same stuff, after 12 hours in a vat of acid... the harsh light of the flash
makes all the little pin-hole places where the rust bled through stand out. The oxalic
acid didn't make the parts new, but it did a really good job...





-Mike "next test - rusty old valkyrie headers..."
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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2012, 06:14:19 AM »

you can buy oxalic acid at a drug store.  When I worked in a foundry, the emissions would turn your car orange, oxalic acid would clean it right up. 
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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2012, 06:24:38 AM »

Mike:

It looks like it did wonders for your deck, also.
The wood in the last 2 pics is much brighter and clean looking compared to the first 2 pics.

Cheers.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 06:50:44 AM »

Mike:

It looks like it did wonders for your deck, also.
The wood in the last 2 pics is much brighter and clean looking compared to the first 2 pics.

Cheers.

Heehee..

The "deck" in the before pictures is 5-ply 3/4 inch treated plywood in the Valkyrie shed.

The "deck" in the after pictures is much older, many times rained on before I got the house
dried in, 5-ply 3/4 inch treated plywood in my living room.

-Mike
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« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 12:40:34 PM »

My kidneys stones are made from calcium oxalates (oxalic acids).  I wish they would biodegrade on there own!   Angry
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 12:56:15 PM »

A warning on the bottle I bought stated, "If ingested, death cannot be avoided".  Kept my hands away from my mouth! I read that my Hershey bar contains Oxalic acid....Someone once told me that toxicisity(sp?) was dose related?  ???
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G-Man
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 01:22:14 PM »

Chocolate is high in oxalates, so is spinach.   Maybe why Reeses stayed away from that combination of candybar.   Grin

Most dark sodas are high in oxalates as well. 
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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 03:08:59 PM »

Anybody try white vinegar to remove rust?

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